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many actions being taken today are contrary to america's real needs. as far as the undesirability of nuclear disarmament, without strong responsible nuclear weapon states to maintain order, we would exist in a world of frequent nuclear detonatiodetonations by aggressors, rogue states, failed and failing states, fanatics, proxy organizations, terrorists, extortionists, criminals, even disaffected individuals. moving to my second topic, one of president obama's principle initiatives is to devalue nuclear weapons. this also is highly counterproductive. nuclear weapons have repeatedly demonstrated their immense value to the world. they brought an end to the most destructive war in history, in the process, saving a million lives. for a half century thereafter, they prevented a much more devastating war. also during that cold war, nuclear weapons were a huge factor in preventing proliferation. even today, the presence of nuclear weapons in some hands is acting as a damper on their use by others. also, by their very presence of nuclear weapons have banished l
many actions being taken today are contrary to america's real needs. as far as the undesirability of nuclear disarmament, without strong responsible nuclear weapon states to maintain order, we would exist in a world of frequent nuclear detonatiodetonations by aggressors, rogue states, failed and failing states, fanatics, proxy organizations, terrorists, extortionists, criminals, even disaffected individuals. moving to my second topic, one of president obama's principle initiatives is to devalue...
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Apr 28, 2010
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that's what's happening to the average household in america. the median household in america. well, let's see what was happening to our friends on wall street then. well, let's see what happened on wall street. well, just as we were stagnating and median household income from about 1990 on, look what happened to the the average wall street bonus. huge. wall street compensation skyrocketed nearly 300% during this period of time. since 1990, the average wall street bonus -- i'm not even talking about salary, i'm talking about bonuses -- soared from about $50,000 in the early 1990's to the $200,000 in 1996. now, go out to talk to our constituents and the main street business people that run our shops and talk to anybody out in america today. did their income increase 300% during that period of time? no. it stayed level. but look at the bonuses. and that's just the bonuses. i'm not talking even about their salaries. this is bonuses. well, i dwell on this and i point this out, mr. president, because i think it points to a larger issue. in my view a big reason for the financial coll
that's what's happening to the average household in america. the median household in america. well, let's see what was happening to our friends on wall street then. well, let's see what happened on wall street. well, just as we were stagnating and median household income from about 1990 on, look what happened to the the average wall street bonus. huge. wall street compensation skyrocketed nearly 300% during this period of time. since 1990, the average wall street bonus -- i'm not even talking...
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without dorothy height, america might be a very different place today. we owe a great deal for the difference she has made and for the lifetime of hard work she has devoted to her fellow citizens. so with a sad heart, mr. president, i come before this body to eulogize one of our pioneers, one of our greatest americans, one of the major contributors to the civil rights movement to advance the cause of equality and justice in the united states of america. with that, mr. president, i yield thelo and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. brown: i asunanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, for too long the interests of the middle class have gone ignored, simply an afterthought in a financial system that helped a few americans help themselves to accumulate immense wealth while middle-class wages stagnate. whenever i go in ohio, the story is the same from toledo, to marietta, from ashtabula to middle town.
without dorothy height, america might be a very different place today. we owe a great deal for the difference she has made and for the lifetime of hard work she has devoted to her fellow citizens. so with a sad heart, mr. president, i come before this body to eulogize one of our pioneers, one of our greatest americans, one of the major contributors to the civil rights movement to advance the cause of equality and justice in the united states of america. with that, mr. president, i yield thelo...
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and we could save america. because for our children, if we continue down the path that we're on, they are not going to have the opportunities that we have. we have been able to enjoy an america where anything was possible, where you were not limited by anything but your hopes and dreams. but for our children -- and i have got four little ones -- max, taylor, chase, and mad a line, mad a line is 2 weeks old. they are not going to have the same opportunities that i have enjoyed if their country can't afford to meet its obligations. if investors from around the world no longer come here because we're no longer a good investment. if we have to raise taxes to such an incredibly high level that it stiefless innovation, entrepreneurship. where my kids come to me when they are 18 or 22 when they are done from school and say dad, i'm going to ireland or india or brazil or some other country because the promise of that country is greater than that of the united states of america. so it is incumbent upon news this time, n
and we could save america. because for our children, if we continue down the path that we're on, they are not going to have the opportunities that we have. we have been able to enjoy an america where anything was possible, where you were not limited by anything but your hopes and dreams. but for our children -- and i have got four little ones -- max, taylor, chase, and mad a line, mad a line is 2 weeks old. they are not going to have the same opportunities that i have enjoyed if their country...
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america's consumers and businesses deserve strong reform that will ensure that the u.s. financial oversight system promotes and fosters the most honest, open, and reliable financial markets in the world. that ensures that not only does the united states remain the world financial leader but, most importantly, that we lead by example. i look forward to working with chairman dodd and my colleagues to consider amendments over the next several days and to improving this substitute bill, where necessary. most importantly, though, mr. president, i am looking forwards to providing the american people with a sound economy and a financial regulatory system that they truly deserve. thank you, mr. president, and i eld e floor. mr. chambliss: mr. preside? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia is recognized. mr. chambliss: thank you, mr. president. and i'll say more about him in my conclusion remarks, but to first of all, senator dodd and senator shelby, thanks for continuing your dialogue with each other and thanks for coming to the type of agreement that has allowed to ge
america's consumers and businesses deserve strong reform that will ensure that the u.s. financial oversight system promotes and fosters the most honest, open, and reliable financial markets in the world. that ensures that not only does the united states remain the world financial leader but, most importantly, that we lead by example. i look forward to working with chairman dodd and my colleagues to consider amendments over the next several days and to improving this substitute bill, where...
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. >> i am jack schakett with bank of america home loans. the hope for homeowners, a theoretical point of view looks nice because the idea of a sharing appreciation feature getting both the homeowner a chance for appreciation and investor a chance to share and that is appealing. but every program has operational concerns. what probably heard hope for homeowners the most was because it was a significant deviation from the standard fha program. the operational hurdles were in place have been very difficult. so we have been working on rolling out hope for homeowners for sometime but were still not there yet. a new program put out by fha which is simpler like eliminating sugar creation will be much more operationally easily to roll out and much more effective from that point of view. >> thank you. transixty? i would say that while hope for homeowners was a complicated program in terms of how it could be executed, i generally tend to be a little bit more in favor of shared appreciation because i believe that unless there is some sharing of the up
. >> i am jack schakett with bank of america home loans. the hope for homeowners, a theoretical point of view looks nice because the idea of a sharing appreciation feature getting both the homeowner a chance for appreciation and investor a chance to share and that is appealing. but every program has operational concerns. what probably heard hope for homeowners the most was because it was a significant deviation from the standard fha program. the operational hurdles were in place have been...
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good morning, america, mr. quaid, dr. denham. i have, you know, i certainly advocate the utilization of bedside bar-coding but about five years ago i was involved in a car accident and i was taken to one of the most prominent hospitals in the district and what happened was, after, receiving surgery and all that good stuff, i remember waking up in the morning, and just feeling very light-headed. and i had been administered heparin but i recall, lifting my bedsheets and being in a pool of my own blood. now, what ended up happening was, i had lost 75% of my blood because someone, excuse me, forgot to do a blood count. now, i don't know if i was given too much heparin or if it is just based on human error. i eventually, spoken with the doctor who was supposed to do the blood count but, regardless, nonetheless i feel like i really haven't explored the, like courses of action, viewed my options, you know, -- >> a portion of this morning's "washington journal" on medical errors with dr. charles denham and actor and safety advocate denni
good morning, america, mr. quaid, dr. denham. i have, you know, i certainly advocate the utilization of bedside bar-coding but about five years ago i was involved in a car accident and i was taken to one of the most prominent hospitals in the district and what happened was, after, receiving surgery and all that good stuff, i remember waking up in the morning, and just feeling very light-headed. and i had been administered heparin but i recall, lifting my bedsheets and being in a pool of my own...
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in central america at that time, i came to a profound recognition that the constitution and then informed by the legislative process has rules that cannot be broken without consequences. but it instilled in me a passion to move from strictly the intelligence operatives in the field to one of utter understanding how policy and intelligence come together. and so i was blessed by an experience of 4.5 years and the national security council staff rising to senior intelligence direct her from 2,122,005. clearly a critical period in our history. the unfolding history of intelligence is in fact exactly that, and i'm folding history that i will term as evolutionary vice revolutionary. our nation has struggled to identify what it wants from intelligence. over the 60 years of this evolutionary process, the process of granting the dci at the time that direct care of essential intelligence greater authorities has been something that has meandered from public debate to congressional issues, to the executive branch trying to figure that out. the fact is we have wrestled for decades with what the centra
in central america at that time, i came to a profound recognition that the constitution and then informed by the legislative process has rules that cannot be broken without consequences. but it instilled in me a passion to move from strictly the intelligence operatives in the field to one of utter understanding how policy and intelligence come together. and so i was blessed by an experience of 4.5 years and the national security council staff rising to senior intelligence direct her from...
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of about 20 years after america computers to come in. using a weaker people better paid but we can change jobs from people, demanding skills are different and people work hard. they are very happy. but they get good salaries, all of them. but they are extraordinarily automated. >> want to go back to the interlocking wars. do you see -- the reason i ask that question is that someone who works for you, bill o'reilly , sitting in this seat a couple of years ago -- >> really? >> yes. very good guest, very interesting guest. but he was describing his relationship to the world almost in me against them terms, and i'm wondering if you see yourself and a conflict with the rest of the world what do you see moments when you are in the state of tranquillity? >> notte a war of the world, but bill likes to say long island working-class boys make good and i can't claim that privilege but yes, i salles certainly i was taking on the newspaper establishment in australia because we were a very small company and you had to buy those things that were failin
of about 20 years after america computers to come in. using a weaker people better paid but we can change jobs from people, demanding skills are different and people work hard. they are very happy. but they get good salaries, all of them. but they are extraordinarily automated. >> want to go back to the interlocking wars. do you see -- the reason i ask that question is that someone who works for you, bill o'reilly , sitting in this seat a couple of years ago -- >> really? >>...
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, hundreds of thousands if not millions of people will be gathering into replaces all over america in outrage saying they have had enough and are frustrated and tired. they're tired of taxes and tired of the wasteful and unnecessary corrupting influence of it earmarking and wasteful of spending. whilst the city of pusan to cut its budget 13% last year we hear washington cut domestic spending by 13% and thousands and thousands of earmarks, wasteful programs and it would take me a long time to enumerate. the practice we have a deficit of over $1.4 trillion us, and this year $1.5 trillion. my favorite bumper sticker that i've seen recently is, please don't tell the president what comes after a trillion. so the pig book is a critical importance and with what needs to be tied in. there is a peaceful revolution going on out there. it will be manifested with a lot of the airways between now and next november, but the pig book at really attention and and the citizens against government waste continuously worked tirelessly on behalf of the american taxpayer, i'm very grateful and grateful for
, hundreds of thousands if not millions of people will be gathering into replaces all over america in outrage saying they have had enough and are frustrated and tired. they're tired of taxes and tired of the wasteful and unnecessary corrupting influence of it earmarking and wasteful of spending. whilst the city of pusan to cut its budget 13% last year we hear washington cut domestic spending by 13% and thousands and thousands of earmarks, wasteful programs and it would take me a long time to...